“Americans’ opinions [on Trump's war in Iran], with all due respect, don’t really matter,” said an article by the evangelical Family Research Council. “The why of the administration’s action should never be in question."

“Pro-family” groups affiliated with Focus on the Family are working to move state legislatures to the right with bills that grant “conscience rights” to medical workers, restrict students’ speech, define humans as male and female, promote Turning Point USA in high schools, and make life harder for LGBTQ people.

The Family Research Council, long loyal to the Republican Party, is sounding the alarm ahead of the November midterms: “GOP Abandoning Pro-Life Policies May Hand Democrats Midterm Victory, Data Shows.”

“President Trump’s ongoing protection of religious liberty is deeply supported by faith leaders,” said Jim Daly of Focus on the Family.

Last year saw an overactive president untamed by an underactive Congress.

The ongoing effort to seek government funding for Christian public schools failed in Oklahoma last year, but advocates are trying again with Christian public schools in Colorado and Tennessee and a Jewish public school in Oklahoma.

Four appearances before the Supreme Court. Hundreds of cases in courts and school boards. Support from 14 of President Donald Trump’s executive orders. A possible federal judgeship. All in all, it has been a very good year for Alliance Defending Freedom.

The lengthiest portion of the bishops’ message is a passionate defense of human dignity and appeal for love of neighbor.

Tucker Carlson’s easygoing Oct. 27 interview with Nick Fuentes, a popular young racist and antisemite who reveres Adolf Hitler, has forced Republicans to clarify whether they oppose all antisemitism or just antisemites on the Left. So far, conservative and pro-family groups that claim to uphold Judeo-Christian values are sticking with Carlson.